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Scranton Police and Fire Departments work a 220 Penn Ave. where a car crashed in to a building, crushing a glass entrance area.

Two elderly motorists were hurt Wednesday when their car crashed into an office building in downtown Scranton, authorities said.

The collision occurred at 12:32 p.m., when a Dodge Spirit sedan crashed into a glass-enclosed entryway of an office building at 220 Penn Ave.

The elderly car occupants, a woman and a man, were hurt and taken by ambulances to a hospital, though it did not appear that they suffered life-threatening injuries, said Scranton Assistant Fire Chief Jim Floryshak.

The car also struck a sign in front of the building, but narrowly missed a flagpole.

Tom Sohns, who was working in a nearby parking-lot attendant's booth, said, "I heard a swoosh and a bang, and it (the car) hitting the sign and right into the glass there."

Police did not immediately have information on the incident.

Contact the writer: jlockwood@timesshamrock.com

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